New poll finds King Charles III unpopular among Canadians, 60 pct do not acknowledge him as new monarch

The number of Canadians reportedly looking forward to watching the May 6 event of King Charles’ coronation is small compared to the last coronation which Canadians watched when Charles’s mother, Elizabeth II, was crowned 70 years ago in 1953.

Approximately 60 percent respondents, as per the new poll, oppose to even acknowledge Charles as King with only 28 percent reported to have a favourable view of Charles, while nearly 48 percent say they do not.

As far as Charles’s wife is concerned, Canadians have an unfavorable view of her.

Following the death of Queen Elizabeth last September, there had been debates about what Camilla would be called with Charles becoming King although the late Queen endorsed her with the title Queen Consort.

But when Buckingham Palace sent her the invitations to the May coronation, she was just Queen Camilla.

Two-thirds, about 66 percent of respondents to the Angus Reid Institute survey said they do not cognize Camilla as Queen of Canada. with a majority of 60 percent feeling she should not be referred to as “Queen.”

With only 21 percent thinking she should be titled as Queen, only 19 percent said she should be referred to as Queen Consort.

Overall support for the monarchy in Canada has been on the decline with lowest in Quebec.

More than half of respondents (52 percent) to this latest poll, were not in favour of Canada to continue as a constitutional monarchy for generations to come.

Of these 52 percent responders, the vast majority (88 percent) said they’d be fine with opening the constitution to break the ties.

A total of 66 percent of respondents in Quebec, are against Canada remaining a constitutional monarchy.

(Reporting by Asha Bajaj)